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2:20 PM AEDT | PERTH - Failure to test a cement casing at an oil well in the Timor Sea was a root cause of a blow-out that caused Australia's worst offshore oil spill, an inquiry has heard.
The Montara Commi
11:35 AM AEDT | THE UNITED Firefighters Union says it is crunch time for the political parties with the three leaders set to reveal what they will do for the state's firefighters if elected.
Premier David Bar
8:46 AM AEDT | TASMANIA'S three political parties and the RACT have given a cool reaction to Queensland's investigation into lowering the blood alcohol limit from .05 to .02.
1:00 AM AEDT | VANDALISM at St Helens is out of control, according to Break O'Day Council general manager Tony Walker.
The council is considering closing or knocking down the memorial hall toilet block i
15 Mar 10 | A 17-YEAR-OLD girl with three teenage passengers was caught driving 63kmh over the 80kmh provisional speed limit in the state's North-West yesterday.
15 Mar 10 | BRISBANE - Mums and dads wanting just one quiet drink will be turned into criminals under proposed new drink-driving laws being considered in Queensland, the Opposition says.
The State Government
15 Mar 10 | Supreme Court - Court 2, Cameron Street, Launceston, before Associate Justice Holt by video- link from Supreme Court, Hobart:
Civil jurisdiction, 9.30am, in court as in chambers for mention -
14 Mar 10 | A Californian prosecutor has filed a civil lawsuit against Toyota, accusing the Japanese car maker of intentionally hiding defects. "We'll be alleging in court on behalf of the people of Orange Co
14 Mar 10 | ORLANDO, Florida - The ambulance crew that responded after Tiger Woods crashed his car refused to let his wife ride with him to hospital because they suspected domestic violence, new documents show.b
13 Mar 10 | SYDNEY - A former Sydney police officer has lost her legal bid to view the latest series of Underbelly before it goes to air, despite claims the show defames her.
Wendy Gaye Hatfield is mentioned
13 Mar 10 | SYDNEY - Female sailors had sex with "predatory" male colleagues on board a navy ship at the centre of sleaze and bullying allegations in order to avoid further harassment, their one- time commander s
13 Mar 10 | ATHENS - Clashes between riot police and rock-throwing, masked youths broke out during a demonstration in central Athens yesterday.
Thousands of striking workers were protesting against auster
13 Mar 10 | Lawyers for legendary music producer Phil Spector have asked an appellate court in Los Angeles to throw out his second-degree murder conviction on grounds of judicial error and prosecutorial misconduc
13 Mar 10 | NEW YORK - After years of fighting in court, lawyers representing the city, construction companies and more than 10,000 ground zero rescue and recovery workers have agreed to a settlement that could p
13 Mar 10 | AN ANIMAL cruelty case against a former Redpa dairy farmer has been delayed again, with its direction unclear after about two years in the courts.
Charges against Roderic Neil Mitchell date back t
13 Mar 10 | A 22-year-old Victorian man has been committed to stand trial over an alleged $750,000 fraud against Tote Tasmania. In the Hobart Magistrates Court yesterday, Dylan Matthew Johnstone pleaded not guilt
13 Mar 10 | TWO Burnie teenagers have been charged with shooting a gun within 250 metres of housing.
Police yesterday said Wivenhoe residents reported the sound of shots early on Wednesday morning.
Po
13 Mar 10 | TOKYO - A New Zealand anti-whaling activist has been arrested in Japan after a harpoon ship that he boarded in Antarctic waters last month docked in Tokyo, greeted by police and nationalist protesters
12 Mar 10 | CHICAGO - A vague threat apparently posted by an Australian on two social networking sites led to the lockdown yesterday of all schools in the busy Midwestern US city of Minneapolis, officials said.b
12 Mar 10 | CANBERRA - Labor and the Coalition have been accused of walking away from claims of abuse in the Church of Scientology, by blocking a Senate investigation into the tax-free status of religious groups.
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